Lars Jakobson (1959,

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) is a Swedish author. Among the awards he won are the

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book prize and the

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, both in 2006.Aftonbladet: Aftonbladets litteraturpris till Lars Jakobson (Nyheter)
(Swedish) For many years he lived in

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Bibliography

*''Vinterkvarteret'' (novel, 1985) *''Vetten'' (novel, 1986) *''Menageri'' (short stories, 1989) *''Pumpan'' (novel, 1991) *''Hemsökelser'' (short stories, 1994) *''Kanalbyggarnas barn'' (novel, 1997) *''I den Röda damens slott. En martiansk biografi'' (novel, 2000) *''Stjärnfall. Om sf'' (essays, 2003) (Co-written with Ola Larsmo and

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) *''Berättelser om djur och andra'' (short stories, 2004) *''Vid den stora floden'' (novel, 2006) *''Vännerna'' (novel, 2010) *''Effekter'' (essays and short stories, 2011)

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Lars Jakobson
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